--- /dev/null
+--- a/kexec/arch/i386/kexec-elf-x86.c
++++ b/kexec/arch/i386/kexec-elf-x86.c
+@@ -296,6 +296,6 @@ out:
+ free(command_line);
+ free(modified_cmdline);
+ if (error_msg)
+- die(error_msg);
++ die("%s", error_msg);
+ return result;
+ }
+--- a/kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-elf-x86_64.c
++++ b/kexec/arch/x86_64/kexec-elf-x86_64.c
+@@ -276,6 +276,6 @@ out:
+ free(command_line);
+ free(modified_cmdline);
+ if (error_msg)
+- die(error_msg);
++ die("%s", error_msg);
+ return result;
+ }